The folk at Appleby are celebrating a string of accolades for their work.

The Athol Street, Douglas, company has retained its position as the island’s highest-ranked law firm in the newly-released Chambers UK 2019 Guide and the IFLR [International Financial Law Review] 1000 2019 Guide.

The Chambers guide ranks Appleby’s Isle of Man office as band one in the following practice areas: corporate and finance, dispute resolution and employment.

Comments on the firm include: ’Considered a first port of call by financial institutions for a wide range of M&A [mergers and acquisitions] and transactional matters’ and ’fields a formidable team of litigation experts, with a deep level of experience advocating for clients before the Isle of Man courts’.

Produced by Chambers and Partners, and updated annually, the guide identifies the best law firms globally.

They assess firms based on several factors and considerations, with the London-based team, comprising 200 plus researchers, conducting thousands of interviews in more than 20 languages.

Individual lawyers are also ranked in their practice area(s).

In the 2019 guide, nine island lawyers have been recognised: Faye Moffett, Simon Harding, Kyle Sutherland, Mark Holligon, Christopher Cope, Charles Davies, Caren Pegg, Claire Corkish (*ée Collister) and Mark Emery.

The IFLR1000 2019 Guide confirms Appleby Isle of Man as tier one in the financial and corporate practice area; the only law firm to achieve this ranking in the island.

The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers.

The research ranks firms by practice area in more than 120 jurisdictions.

Last week Appleby Isle of Man also announced its ranking in The Legal 500, which ranked the firm as tier one in seven practice areas and tier two in two others.

Faye Moffett, managing partner of Appleby Isle of Man, said: ’Following the results of The Legal 500 2018 Guide last week, I am thrilled that the office has received further recognition in the Chambers UK Guide and IFLR100 Guide, putting Appleby at the forefront of legal firms on the Isle of Man.’